This method may act as a simple and robust screening procedure when evaluating potential antipruritics and allow a comparison among products. |
Prescribers will be asked to avoid bath emollients that contain additional ingredients such as antipruritics and antiseptics. |
They are used in various cream or lotion preparations as antipruritics. |
Antipruritics such as menthol or camphor can be added to the corticosteroid base. |
This has been completed and two drugs, nalmefene and ketorolac have been studied as antipruritics. |
Topical antipruritics are preferred over systemic agents when smaller surface areas of skin are affected and pruritus is not intractable. |